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Teyana Taylor and Alexander Skarsgård are making their way to Studio 8H!
The One Battle After Another star and Pillion actor have been announced among the latest batch of Saturday Night Live hosts to kick off the new year. It was previously announced that Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard will host the first show of 2026 on Jan. 17.
On Wednesday, Jan. 7, SNL shared the news of its latest lineup for season 51. Taylor, 35, hosting alongside musical guest Geese on Jan. 24, while Skarsgård, 49, will host with music from Cardi B on Jan. 31.
Wolfhard will be joined by musical guest A$AP Rocky.
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Taylor has previously appeared on the show with a guest appearance during a September 2018 performance by Kanye West.
Cardi B, 33, notably appeared on the show as musical guest in April 2018 alongside host Chadwick Boseman, and famously revealed a baby bump during her performance of “Be Careful.”
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Skarsgård will be making his SNL debut, as will Geese, although band frontman Cameron Winter was spoofed in a December sketch. The Jan. 17 episode will also mark both Rocky and Wolfhard’s series debuts.
Season 51 kicked off back in October with host Bad Bunny and has since featured the likes of Amy Poehler, Miles Teller, Nikki Glaser. Ariana Grande last hosted on Dec. 20 with musical guest Cher.
Wolfhard — now fresh off the finale of Netflix’s Stranger Things — previously spoke with PEOPLE in October 2024 about his role in Saturday Night and what his dream SNL hosting gig would look like. In the film, the actor played an NBC page.
Opening up about a dream musical guest for his stint on the show, Wolfhard said he thought “it’d be fun to have an indie rock band or a ’90s alt band.”
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As for the sketch Wolfhard would want to put a new spin on, he brought up the Underground Rock Festival sketch in conversation with PEOPLE. The sketch followed a hardcore rock and rap festival hosted by D.J. Supersoak (Jason Sudeikis) and Lil’ Blaster (Nasim Pedrad).
“They were hosts of this terrible metal festival, and they would do themed commercials announcing the lineup,” Wolfhard said in 2024. “I was watching that recently and I thought it was so funny because it’s just an excuse to basically name a bunch of random bands. I think that sketch would be really funny to bring back.”
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Saturday Night Live airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
